Vonage Opens Shop in Canada

Vonage, a leading provider of broadband phone service, has announced the availability of service in Canada.

Vonage, a leading provider of broadband phone service, has announced the availability of service in Canada.

Canadian residents looking for Vonage's cost saving flat-rate full-featured phone service can sign-up at http://www.vonage.ca.

For the first time, Vonage will begin shipping the Motorola VT 1005v device outside the United States. Canadian customers will also be billed in Canadian dollars and will be able to choose local phone numbers. All Vonage customers, in Canada and the US, will receive the same 24/7 assistance from Vonage's customer care group.

“For several months, Canadian consumers have been requesting the ability to have Canadian telephone numbers so that they can begin saving money and taking advantage of Vonage's cost-saving, full featured broadband telephony service,” said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman & CEO of Vonage. “By making our service available to consumers in the Canadian marketplace, just as it has throughout the US, Vonage has once again responded to strong demand for choice.”

All plans priced in Canadian dollars include traditional telephony and advanced features such as caller ID, voicemail, call waiting, web-based voicemail and online account management. Canadian customers will be able to choose from a number of Canadian area codes, including, but not limited to the following cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Quebec, Winnipeg and Halifax.

Utilizing Canadian customers' existing broadband connections, Vonage is offering the following calling plans:

$19.99 CAD per month – Residential Basic Plan – 500 minutes of local, toll and long distance calling throughout Canada and the United States.

$34.99 CAD per month – Residential Unlimited Local Plan – unlimited local calling plus 500 minutes of Canadian and United States long distance calling.